page_title: 1947
section_title: June
hierarchical_section_title: 1947 / Births / June
caption_attribution_description: English: British actor Jonathan Pryce after Glengarry Glen Ross, London's West End, October 24th 2007.
context_page_description: 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
  It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
context_section_description: June 1
  Jonathan Pryce, Welsh actor
  Ronnie Wood, English rock musician (The Faces, The Rolling Stones)
  June 2 – Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale, Punjabi saint, Sikh theologian, military leader (d. 1984)
  June 3 – Dave Alexander, American musician (d. 1975)
  June 4 – Viktor Klima, Chancellor of Austria
  June 5
  Laurie Anderson, American experimental performance artist, composer and musician
  Tom Evans, English musician, songwriter (d. 1983)
  Jojon, Indonesian comedian, actor (d. 2014)
  June 6
  David Blunkett, British politician
  Robert Englund, American actor (V, A Nightmare on Elm Street)
  Ada Kok, Dutch swimmer
  June 7 – Thurman Munson, American baseball catcher (d. 1979)
  June 8 – Eric F. Wieschaus, American biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  June 9
  Françoise Demulder, French war photographer (d. 2008)
  Robert Indermaur, Swiss painter, sculptor
  June 10 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player
  June 14 – Barry Melton, American rock musician (Country Joe and the Fish)
  June 15 – John Hoagland, American war photographer (d. 1984)
  June 16 – -minu, Swiss columnist, writer
  June 17 – Paul Young, English singer, songwriter (Mike and the Mechanics) (d. 2000)
  June 19
  Paula Koivuniemi, Finnish singer
  Salman Rushdie, Indian-born British author (The Satanic Verses)
  June 20 – Candy Clark, American actress
  June 21
  Meredith Baxter, American actress (Family Ties)
  Rachel Adato, Israeli gynaecologist, lawyer and politician
  Jim Benzelock, American professional ice hockey right winger
  Shirin Ebadi, Iranian activist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
  Michael Gross, American actor (Family Ties)
  Duane Thomas, American football running back
  Fernando Savater, Spanish philosopher, author
  June 22
  Bobby Douglass, American football quarterback
  Natalya Varley, Soviet, Russian film, theater actress
  Murray Webb, New Zealand caricature artist, test cricketer
  David Jones, Northern Irish European Tour golfer
  Octavia E. Butler, American author (d. 2006)
  David Lander, American actor (Laverne and Shirley)
  Trevor Blades, English cricketer
  Pete Maravich, American basketball player (d. 1988)
  Jerry John Rawlings, 2-time President of Ghana
  June 23
  Zvi Rosen, Israeli international footballer
  Bryan Brown, Australian actor
  Thor Hansen, Norwegian-born professional poker player
  Ed Werenich, Canadian curler
  June 24
  Mick Fleetwood, British musician and actor (Fleetwood Mac)
  Helena Vondráčková, Czech singer
  Peter Weller, American actor, director
  June 25
  Jimmie Walker, African-American actor (Good Times)
  Robert Percy, Australian rules footballer
  John Powell, American track and field athlete
  June 26 – Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Afghan politician
  June 27
  Hans Ooft, Dutch football player, manager
  Abdel Djaadaoui, Algerian footballer
  June 29
  David Chiang, Hong Kong actor
  Brian Herbert, American author
  Richard Lewis, American comedian, actor (Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Curb Your Enthusiasm)
  June 30 – Jean-Yves Le Drian, French minister
caption: Jonathan Pryce
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